1774

Demonstration of the Jaquet-Droz automata

Humanoid

The Writer, the Draughtsman and the Musician automata were demonstrated in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The mechanical figures imitated writing, drawing and playing a keyboard instrument. [1][2]

Sources

1. Musée d’art et d’histoire: Mouvements
2. Jaquet Droz: catalogue and history of the automata

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